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ARTS 101: Caves to Cathedrals

Colgate University | Spring 2021

  • Overview & Course Information
  • Calendar Summary
  • Daily Schedule
  • Assignments
    • Pillars of the Earth – Reading questions
    • Citizenship/Participation
    • Daily (or almost daily) Exam Question
    • Web posts – updated for webpost 2
    • Final Project
  • Student Posts
    • Ancient Mesopotamia
    • Ancient Mesopotamia in the Modern World
    • Ancient Egypt
    • Ancient Egypt in the Modern World
    • Ancient Greece
    • Ancient Greece in the Modern World
    • Ancient Rome
    • Ancient Rome in the Modern World
  • Final Projects

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Ancient Egypt in the Modern World, Final Projects Posted onMay 6, 2021May 6, 2021

Temple of Dendur Timeline Final Project

Final Projects Posted onMay 6, 2021May 6, 2021

Accompany Sarah on her visit to the British museum!

For my final project, I wanted to touch upon the ongoing conversation we had this semester about the controversy behind […] Read More

Final Projects Posted onMay 6, 2021May 6, 2021

Legal… or Looted?

Would you make a good Curator for Provenance? Play this game to find out if museums would hire you! For […] Read More

Ancient Greece in the Modern World, Student Posts Posted onApril 4, 2021April 17, 2021

The Tug of War of the Euphronios Krater

How does one of the finest Greek Kraters mysteriously make its way from a previously unknown tomb to the Greek […] Read More

Ancient Rome in the Modern World, Student Posts Posted onApril 4, 2021April 22, 2021

The Capitoline She-wolf: Who Am I and Where Do I Come From?

How important is context? I would argue that although contextual clues are an important part of understanding art, art can […] Read More

Ancient Greece in the Modern World, Student Posts Posted onApril 4, 2021

It’s Never Wrong to do the Right Thing: Why Repatriation Matters!

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York struck gold when Dietrich von Bothmer and Thomas P.F. Hoving purchased the […] Read More

Ancient Greece in the Modern World, Student Posts Posted onApril 4, 2021April 4, 2021

Raiders of the Lost…Troy

The extravagant and mysterious Priam’s Treasures: where are they originally from, who owned them, and how have they affected the […] Read More

Ancient Greece in the Modern World, Student Posts Posted onApril 4, 2021April 18, 2021

Did Prussia Really Win a Piece of the West? The Legacy of the Pergamon Altar

Pergamon Altar, detail Located in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, the Altar may not be as “Western” as Prussia thought. […] Read More

Ancient Rome in the Modern World, Student Posts Posted onApril 4, 2021April 4, 2021

The Victorious David Carritt

Finding the Bronze The Victorious Youth is a bronze statue made using the lost wax technique. Any finding of an […] Read More

Ancient Egypt in the Modern World Posted onFebruary 28, 2021March 14, 2021

An 800-Ton Token of Appreciation

A 1-billion dollar dam project. A massive freight ship. And a museum director pleading his case at a government hearing. […] Read More

Paper mache recreation of Nimrud with large gaps between panels
Ancient Mesopotamia in the Modern World, Student Posts Posted onFebruary 28, 2021March 6, 2021

Why Unfilled Space in an Art Exhibition is so Powerful

Artist Michael Rakowitz’s new exhibition is full of gorgeous paper mache recreations of lost Iraqi artifacts, alongside major gaps in […] Read More

Posted for art Exhibit "Culture Under Attack"
Ancient Mesopotamia in the Modern World Posted onFebruary 28, 2021March 6, 2021

“Culture Under Attack”: A critical exploration of cultural destruction

For most of my childhood, I grew up in a quintessential suburban neighborhood in New Jersey. The streets were filled […] Read More

Ancient Mesopotamia in the Modern World, Student Posts Posted onFebruary 28, 2021March 6, 2021

A MOTHER GODDESS’S CONCEIT

Archaic, the Iraq pavilion at the Venice Biennale, was presented by the Ruya Foundation in 2017. The pavilion includes works […] Read More

Ancient Egypt, Student Posts Posted onFebruary 28, 2021March 14, 2021

Tomb construction has really gone underground…

The interior of the Chapel is lined with decorative paintings and shows cohesion through its use of strong vertical and horizontal lines.

Ancient Egypt in the Modern World, Student Posts Posted onFebruary 28, 2021March 14, 2021

Dendur: A Toy Temple

Sophie and The Temple The Temple of Dendur was an object of my imagination. To a shorter-than-average kid, it seemed […] Read More

Ancient Mesopotamia in the Modern World, Student Posts Posted onFebruary 28, 2021March 18, 2021

Famed Forger vs Commended Curator: Degrees of Difference Revealed

(Allegedly) found on a wall in dwellings in Çatalhöyük, Turkey, this painting could be the first known landscape painting done by […] Read More

Ancient Mesopotamia in the Modern World, Student Posts Posted onFebruary 28, 2021February 28, 2021

Whose Art? The Disputed ownership of the Ishtar Gate

In recent years, calls for the return of cultural relics acquired during the expansionist period have roused repercussions in European […] Read More

Ancient Mesopotamia in the Modern World, Prehistory & Mesopotamia, Student Posts Posted onFebruary 27, 2021March 7, 2021

The Guennol Lioness: vanished from the public eye

Human? Lion? Mythic-woman lioness? How can this tiny 5,000-year-old limestone anthropomorphic sculpture be so powerful yet so modern at the […] Read More

Ancient Mesopotamia in the Modern World, Student Posts Posted onFebruary 27, 2021March 6, 2021

Protectors Left Unprotected

It’s the 9th century BCE, and you’re an Assyrian king. As you walk into the palace built for you, you […] Read More

Ancient Mesopotamia in the Modern World, Student Posts Posted onFebruary 26, 2021March 18, 2021

Hiding in Plain Sight: Forgery Skepticism Around Sumerian Sculptures in New York City and Detroit

The Statue of Gudea in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Gudea of Lagash Detroit Institute of Arts have […] Read More

Ancient Mesopotamia in the Modern World, Student Posts Posted onFebruary 25, 2021March 30, 2021

Buyer’s Premium: Stolen Iraqi Artifacts in Western Art Markets

Iraqi National Museum Deputy Director Muhsin Hasan Grieves the Loss of Irreplaceable Artifacts Wild Beasts Escape Their Spotlight On the […] Read More

Daily Schedule, Prehistory & Mesopotamia Posted onJanuary 23, 2021February 17, 2021

2/8 Mesopotamia in the Modern World

Why are so many of the objects we studied in this unit in European or American museums? Readings: Neil MacGregor, […] Read More

Daily Schedule, Egypt Posted onJanuary 23, 2021February 20, 2021

2/19 King Tut and the Blockbuster

Why did millions of Americans stand in line for up to five hours to catch a glimpse of an ancient […] Read More

Daily Schedule, Egypt Posted onJanuary 24, 2021February 7, 2021

2/22 Mummy Dearest

Everyone loves mummies. But mummies only exist because of the ancient Egyptians’ deeply felt religious beliefs about the afterlife – […] Read More

Daily Schedule, Greece Posted onJanuary 30, 2021October 18, 2021

3/8 “Parthenon Sculptures” or “Elgin Marbles”?

The most famous cultural property debate in the world; it’s worth thinking about why this one gets all the attention. […] Read More

Daily Schedule, Rome Posted onJanuary 25, 2021March 29, 2021

3/29 Why Museums Sometimes Lie: Looting & the Art Market

Sometimes, the interests of museums are at odds with the goal of historical knowledge. Here are some of the images […] Read More

Daily Schedule, Early Christianity and Islam in the aftermath of the Roman Empire Posted onFebruary 7, 2021September 7, 2021

4/7 Nobody’s Business But the Turks’?

One of the most innovative and beautiful buildings in the world has meant many things to many people over the […] Read More

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